Shafir (שָׁפִיר) means amnion in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שָׁפִיר
shafir
noun · masculine
In English
amnion
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shafir.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1רקמות הגוף בתחילת התפתחות העובר.
The word Shafir is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שָׁפִיר
- Written without vowel points
- שפיר
- Said
- shafir
- Root
- ש־פ־ר
- Pattern
- קָטִיל
- Plural
- : שְׁפִירִים
- Inflections
- נ': שְׁפִיר־, ר': שְׁפִירִים, נ"ר: שְׁפִירֵי־
- Gematria
- 590
This is how Shafir is said in other languages.
- English
- amnion
These words rhyme with Shafir.
The word Shafir is part of these phrases and sayings.
- מי שפיר
- שק שפיר
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Shafir comes from the root ש־פ־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Shafir in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shafir.
What does Shafir (שָׁפִיר) mean in Hebrew?
Shafir (שָׁפִיר) means amnion. It is said shafir, with the stress on fir.
What rhymes with Shafir (שָׁפִיר)?
Words that rhyme with Shafir (שָׁפִיר) include מכשיר, עיר, אוויר, ציר, שיר, and צעיר.
Is Shafir (שָׁפִיר) masculine or feminine?
The word Shafir (שָׁפִיר) is a masculine noun, and its plural is : שְׁפִירִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שפיר of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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